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<\/a><\/p>\nSeminar
\n10 May 2017<\/h4>\n
10:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elisabeth Peyroux <\/strong>(CNRS, UMR Prodig Paris) Recently, much emphasis is placed on the potential of geo-technologies, e.g. through Smart City or \u201csmart urbanism\u201d applications, to improve governance and planning and contribute achieving more sustainable urban development. Yet empirical evidence is sparse and based largely on Northern cities. Furthermore, there remain several gaps and limitations in theorizing and conceptualising the diverse ways in which geo-technologies and data are used and shared and their societal implications in different geographical contexts. Drawing on a collaborative and comparative research project in Southern cities (South Africa, Brazil and India), this presentation critically engage with current literature on geo-technologies, smart urbanism and \u201ctransition to sustainability\u201d around issues of politics and governance and explores some ways in which research can contribute to enhanced understanding of complex urban and governance processes and increased reflexivity with regard to current practices and strategies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elisabeth Peyroux<\/strong> is a Senior Researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), based at the UMR Prodig, Paris. As a human geographer she has worked on urban governance, urban restructuring and socio-spatial transformation in Southern Africa, more particularly Johannesburg. Her current research focuses on the international circulation of urban policy models, as well as on cities\u2019 international relations strategies.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Smart urbanism” and the politics of sustainability in Southern cities Seminar 10 May 2017 10:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Elisabeth Peyroux (CNRS, UMR Prodig Paris) Discussant: Jesse Harber (GCRO) & Darlington Mushongera (GCRO & Wits University) Recently, much emphasis is placed on the potential of geo-technologies, e.g. through Smart City […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-workshops-seminars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDiscussant: <\/em>Jesse Harber <\/strong>(GCRO)<\/em> & Darlington Mushongera<\/strong> (GCRO & Wits University)
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